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Get ready to spring into sunnier weather with the second Friday Mixtape of May. This week’s playlist features a triple dose of happy electro-pop as veterans Daft Punk, Major Lazer and Vampire Weekend all return with new music for 2013. Alt-pop outfit !!! (Chk Chk Chk) are also back with an early contender for a favorite summertime album featuring their signature vivacious synth-rock. The mixtape has newcomers, UK electronica duo Letherette, and their block-party-ready track “After Dawn” and Jack’s Mannequin front man Andrew McMahon strikes out on his own—again—with sugary solo material under his own name.

This article appears in May 9-15, 2013.

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Friday Mixtape!

by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 10, 2013

<h1>Friday Mixtape!</h1> <p class="byline">by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 10, 2013</p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/friday-mixtape/u/original/2234035/1368218003-friday_mixtape.jpg" alt="friday_mixtape.jpg" title="" width="500" height="319" /></div> </p> <p>Get ready to spring into sunnier weather with the second Friday Mixtape of May. This week’s playlist features a triple dose of happy electro-pop as veterans Daft Punk, Major Lazer and Vampire Weekend all return with new music for 2013. Alt-pop outfit !!! (Chk Chk Chk) are also back with an early contender for a favorite summertime album featuring their signature vivacious synth-rock. The mixtape has newcomers, UK electronica duo Letherette, and their block-party-ready track “After Dawn” and Jack’s Mannequin front man Andrew McMahon strikes out on his own—again—with sugary solo material under his own name. </p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-2234034/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21005&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/friday-mixtape-2234034/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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